On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:43 +0100, George Borisov wrote: > Owen Heisler wrote: > > > > Why doesn't Debian detect the drive? More importantly, what can I do to > > make it detect it? I have tried all (only two) of the parameters for > > the sata_via (or via_sata) module. > > Did you use "linux26" when installing? > > If so, you might need to use the Etch (testing) installer, rather than > the Sarge one (stable.) I have installed Sarge on a SATA machine before, > but some people here have reported problems. (There were several threads > on this in the last few months.)
Okay, I managed to get this image downloaded after about 6 hours (dialup is blazingly fast!): http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso ...and it worked! But I want to use Debian stable. This simplest "fix" for this would be to wait until the applicable change makes it to Debian stable. I would like to know how long that will be, or what revision of stable would include the change. I am new to Debian and do not fully understand the way development occurs, so I don't even know if it is possible to answer this question. Will it be the next release (Etch/stable)? Sarge was released in June of 2005, and releases take 2-3 years (right?), so Etch won't be released until 2007... but maybe a revision will fix the problem. Maybe all my facts are wrong or I'm making too many assumptions. Perhaps someone could clarify. Essentially, when (date/version/release) will this be fixed? Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
